Greek Whisky is an important contribution to Greek ethnography. The book focuses on an important and thought-provoking issue and explores aspects of Greek social life and culture that were neglected in the past and remain less known or understood. I enjoyed reading the book for the alternation of perspectives and ethnographic images and for the richness of its documentation and discussion, and I am sure that it will be appreciated by readers interested in Modern Greek history and culture. Journal of Modern Greek Studies
The chapters in the book hang nicely together and are logically sequenced, making the book a good and smooth read Greek Whisky makes a fine addition to the scholarship of consumption, globalization, food, and culture, as well as the anthropology of Europe. H-Sae
a well-written and insightful ethnography of modern Greek culturea good endeavor of ethnographic writing directed not only to students and academics but also to a more general public I also like the way that the tradition of Greek ethnography blends with new methodological tools and current concerns. Elia Petridou, University of the Aegean
This is an illuminating, compellingly narrated account of whisky as it has been appropriated and consumed in Greece. Drawing on fieldwork carried out in Athens and on the island of Skyros, the author takes the reader on a guided tour of Greek drinking habits as these take form in bars, bouzouki joints, shepherds huts, and private homes. Charles Stewart, University College London
an interesting and timely bookThe chapters are tied nicely together and the ethnographic material solid. It is an inspired and well-founded study of a striking phenomenon: the rapid appropriation of whisky as a local symbol by important groups of the population in two widely different regions of Greece. The study is based upon impressive command of the relevant general literature. Dimitra Gefou-Madianou, Panteion University, Athens
